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Fragment of a ruling of Seppius Rufus on plots sold by a prophet TM 9918Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)16

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Fragment, in a duplicate copy, of an official decision by Seppius Rufus, an official of the Idios Logos (the Roman special account), concerning plots sold by a priest (prophet) at Soknopaiou Nesos, apparently once belonging to an ancient laarches. The ruling orders further examination of disputed property and, as restored, requires Satabous son of Herieus to pay 500 drachmas to have his purchase of bare plots confirmed.

In English machine translation

[…] the whole surroundings of the places, in which there is a tower, and the forecourt (pronesion), and that the places sold by the prophet had belonged to a certain ancient laarches and fall under the Idios Logos, we have placed under examination, because the elders do not agree on the same boundaries; but concerning only the bare plots sold, that they have declared in writing that they appeared to them to be ownerless, and that they did not bring forward documents of transaction (oikonomiai) to them. [Let Satabous son of Herieus be required to pay for the confirmation (epibebaiosis) of the bare plots 500 drachmas.]

The final line with Satabous and the 500 drachmas is restored from a parallel copy. A laarches was apparently a local official or leader whose former property, if ownerless, reverted to the state's Idios Logos.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento della sentenza di Seppius Rufus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 16 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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